Psalm 65
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Psalm 65[a]
Thanksgiving for God’s Blessings
1 For the leader. A psalm of David. A song.
I
2 To you we owe our hymn of praise,
O God on Zion;
To you our vows[b] must be fulfilled,
3 [c]you who hear our prayers.
To you all flesh must come(A)
4 with its burden of wicked deeds.
We are overcome by our sins;
only you can pardon them.(B)
5 Blessed the one whom you will choose and bring
to dwell in your courts.
May we be filled with the good things of your house,
your holy temple!
II
6 You answer us with awesome deeds[d] of justice,
O God our savior,
The hope of all the ends of the earth
and of those far off across the sea.(C)
7 You are robed in power,
you set up the mountains by your might.
8 You still the roaring of the seas,(D)
the roaring of their waves,
the tumult of the peoples.(E)
9 Distant peoples stand in awe of your marvels;
the places of morning and evening you make resound with joy.
10 [e]You visit the earth and water it,
make it abundantly fertile.(F)
God’s stream[f] is filled with water;
you supply their grain.
Thus do you prepare it:
11 you drench its plowed furrows,
and level its ridges.
With showers you keep it soft,
blessing its young sprouts.
12 You adorn the year with your bounty;
your paths[g] drip with fruitful rain.
13 The meadows of the wilderness also drip;
the hills are robed with joy.
14 The pastures are clothed with flocks,
the valleys blanketed with grain;
they cheer and sing for joy.(G)
Footnotes
- Psalm 65 The community, aware of its unworthiness (Ps 65:3–4), gives thanks for divine bounty (Ps 65:5), a bounty resulting from God’s creation victory (Ps 65:6–9). At God’s touch the earth comes alive with vegetation and flocks (Ps 65:10–13).
- 65:2 Vows: the Israelites were accustomed to promising sacrifices in the Temple if their prayers were heard.
- 65:3 To you all flesh must come: all must have recourse to God’s mercy.
- 65:6 Awesome deeds: the acts of creating—installing mountains, taming seas, restraining nations (Ps 65:7–8)—that are visible worldwide (Ps 65:6, 9).
- 65:10–14 Apparently a description of the agricultural year, beginning with the first fall rains that soften the hard sun-baked soil (Ps 65:9–10).
- 65:10 God’s stream: the fertile waters of the earth derive from God’s fertile waters in the heavenly world.
- 65:12 Paths: probably the tracks of God’s storm chariot dropping rain upon earth.
Psalm 65
King James Version
65 Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed.
2 O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
3 Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.
4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.
5 By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:
6 Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with power:
7 Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.
8 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.
9 Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
10 Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.
11 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.
12 They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side.
13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.
Psalmen 65
Schlachter 2000
Psalm 65
1 Dem Vorsänger. Ein Psalm Davids; ein Lied.
2 Auf dich harrt der Lobgesang, o Gott, in Zion,
und dir wird das Gelübde erfüllt werden!
3 Du erhörst Gebet;
darum kommt alles Fleisch zu dir.
4 Missetaten überwältigen mich;
unsere Übertretungen — du wirst sie sühnen.
5 Wohl dem, den du erwählst und zu dir nahen lässt,
dass er wohne in deinen Vorhöfen!
Wir werden uns sättigen von den Gütern deines Hauses,
deines heiligen Tempels!
6 Du wirst uns antworten durch furcht- gebietende [Taten] in Gerechtigkeit,
du Gott unseres Heils,
du Zuversicht aller Enden der Erde
und des fernsten Meeres;
7 der du die Berge gründest in deiner Kraft,
der du mit Macht umgürtet bist;
8 der du das Brausen der Meere stillst,
das Brausen ihrer Wellen und das Toben der Völker,
9 damit vor deinen Wunderzeichen sich fürchten,
die an den Enden [der Erde] wohnen;
du lässt jubeln den Osten und den Westen.[a]
10 Du suchst das Land[b] heim und bewässerst es
und machst es sehr reich;
der Strom Gottes hat Wasser in Fülle.
Du lässt ihr Getreide gut geraten,
denn so bereitest du [das Land] zu;
11 du tränkst seine Furchen, feuchtest seine Schollen;
mit Regenschauern machst du es weich
und segnest sein Gewächs.
12 Du krönst das Jahr mit deiner Güte,
und deine Fußstapfen triefen von Fett.
13 Es triefen Auen in der Steppe,
und mit Jubel gürten sich die Hügel.
14 Die Weiden kleiden sich mit Schafen,
und die Täler bedecken sich mit Korn;
sie jauchzen, ja, sie singen.
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